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Air Force photo by SrA. Russell Scalf

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Buying an additional 75 F-22 stealth fighters beyond the current 183-aircraft program of record likely would cost between $13.7 billion and $19 billion out to 2016, depending on the production schedule that the Air Force chooses, according to a new RAND study. Here, two F-22s of the 7th Fighter Squadron fly over White Sands National Monument, N.M., on their way to Holloman Air Force Base, their new home, June 2, 2008.